“We are seeing a state in which zero children are born with HIV.”
Prof Rudzani Muloiwa, head of child health at the University of Cape Town, talks to #R4Today about the impact of a programme which provides mentors for vulnerable mothers to help reduce transmission to babies.
@BBCr4today We can add that the Eastern Cape Department of Health will cascade the approach to 3,000 Community Health Workers in its partnership with us - the charity Rudzani represents. Up to 450,000 in underserved communities will now benefit through 50 Master Trainers sharing the method.
As the world commemorates 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗜𝗗𝗦 𝗗𝗮𝘆, One to One Africa is highlighting the often understated importance of providing psychosocial support to adolescents living with HIV/AIDS (ALWHA).
More below.
We couldn’t agree more. Our grassroots Mentor Mothers programme has achieved a 0% transmission rate from mother to child. Community-led is how to end AIDS. Contact us for training to take this success across remote Sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with your health authorities
Ahead of #WorldAIDSDay UNAIDS is calling for urgent support to Let Communities Lead in the fight to end AIDS.
Read press release - https://t.co/MuYesCBeTR
We couldn’t agree more. Our grassroots Mentor Mothers programme has achieved a 0% transmission rate from mother to child. Community-led is how to end AIDS. Contact us for training to take this success across remote Sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with your health authorities
London art doyen Bernard Jacobson's hopes for our exhibition are coming to fruition.
He said, “The first time I showed South African art was with the involvement and insistence of David Bowie in 1995, and it was my most successful public exhibition ever.
“I’d be truly delighted
We are so very grateful to the Bernard Jacobson Gallery for making this iconic space available to us - enabling us to share the success that's normally achieved quietly in the remote Eastern Cape.
The exhibition ends tomorrow 2pm - so don't miss out.
https://t.co/mFc8g198a4
It's World Children's Day. In one of South Africa's poorest regions, where there is no other health provision, One to One Mentor Mothers have achieved:
- 0% mother-to-child HIV transmission – after 2,700 births and counting...
Outside the area we cover, it's a different story, with South African Human Rights Commission raising the alarm about preventable child deaths in the Eastern Cape through malnutrition https://t.co/QU07MuvrHu